Visit the Natural History Museum's Nature Lab

Did you ever wonder why there were so many squirrels in L.A.? Or just how those funny-looking oppossums survive?

The true stories about plants and animals in the Musem of Natural History's Nature Lab will surprise you! The Nature Lab is a permanent, 6,500-square-foot, hands-on gallery with more than 200 specimens, live animals, interactives, media, and scientist demonstrations.